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Birthday
September 3, 1902
Day of Death
1973-09-28
(71 years old)
Place of Birth
Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
Man Tan Moreland
Manton Moreland
Manten Moreland
Carter & Moreland
Moreland
Although his brand of humor has been reviled for decades, Negro character actor Mantan Moreland parlayed his cocky but jittery character into a recognizable presence in the late 1930s and early 1940s, appearing in a long string of comedy thrillers . .
. and was considered quite funny at the time! Born just after the turn of the century in Louisiana, Mantan began running away from home at age 12 to join circuses and medicine shows, only to be brought back time and again. During these times he sharpened his comic skills and developed routines and acts that eventually became popular on the vaudeville stage, or what was then called the "chitlin' circuit.
1973
1970
1969
1967
1964
1956
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
Bowery to Broadway
as Alabam
Black Magic
as Birmingham Brown
South of Dixie
as The Porter
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
as Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
Pin Up Girl
as Train Station Porter (uncredited)
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Porter
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
as Birmingham Brown
Chip Off the Old Block
as Porter
1943
Swing Fever
as Woody
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
as Porter
Revenge of the Zombies
as Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson
Melody Parade
as Skidmore
We've Never Been Licked
as Willie
Sarong Girl
as Maxwell
Hit the Ice
as Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)
He Hired the Boss
as Bootblack
Slightly Dangerous
as Waiter at Swade's (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
as First Idea Man
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
as Eustace Smith
1942
Andy Hardy's Double Life
as Prentiss - The Benedict Butler (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
as Alistair
Girl Trouble
as Flint's Chauffeur
Phantom Killer
as Nicodemus
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Porter (uncredited)
Footlight Serenade
as Amos
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Lightnin'
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
as Schenectady Washington
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Horatio B.Fitz Washington
Professor Creeps
as Washington
Lucky Ghost
as Washington
Law of the Jungle
as Jefferson "Jeff" Jones
Treat 'Em Rough
as 'Snake-Eyes'
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited)
Freckles Comes Home
as Jeff the porter
1941
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Diner Cook
Birth of the Blues
as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
as Railway Porter (uncredited)
Let's Go Collegiate
as Jeff
Dressed to Kill
as Rusty
Cracked Nuts
as Burgess
The Gang's All Here
as Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith
King of the Zombies
as Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson
Sign of the Wolf
as Ben
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Roy
Sleepers West
as Porter (uncredited)
You're Out of Luck
as Jeff Jefferson
Up Jumped the Devil
as Washington
1940
Four Shall Die
as Beefus - Touissant's Chauffeur
Drums of the Desert
as Sergeant 'Blue' Williams
While Thousands Cheer
as Nash
Up in the Air
as Jeff Jefferson
Laughing at Danger
as Jefferson
On the Spot
as Jefferson White
Girl in 313
as Porter
Viva Cisco Kid
as Memphis - The Cook
Star Dust
as Waiter on Train
Millionaire Playboy
as Bellhop
Chasing Trouble
as Thomas H. Jefferson
City of Chance
as Anxious Man
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Robbins
1939
1938
1937
1936
1933
